NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF
A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR)
AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
(SCH# 2023060108)
A Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Good Samaritan Hospital Project is now available for public review and comment. The project is a Planned Development Rezoning to a Commercial General CG(PD) Planned Development Zoning District to allow demolition of the existing bed tower and daycare center associated with the existing Good Samaritan Hospital Campus and the phased construction of two new hospital wings totaling approximately 750,000 square feet, a 200,000-square-foot medical office building, two parking garages, and a central utility plant with underground water and sewer holding tanks (to support 72 hours of emergency operation at the hospital). The project would increase the number of licensed acute care beds from 404 to 419 and result in a net increase of 958 new jobs. In total, all phases of construction will last approximately 10 years.
Location: The approximately 20-acre project site is comprised of two parcels located in southwestern portion of San José. The site is located at 2425 Samaritan Drive and 2333 Samaritan Place near the borders to the Town of Los Gatos and the City of Campbell.
APNs: 421-36-009 and 421-36-011
Council District: 4
File No.: PDC22-132 and ER23-041
The proposed project will have potentially significant environmental effects with regard to air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazardous materials, noise, and transportation. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires this notice to disclose whether any listed toxic sites are present at the project location. The project location is contained on a list of hazardous materials sites maintained by the State in accordance with California Public Resources Code Section 65962.5.
The Draft EIR and documents referenced in the Draft EIR are available for review online at the City of San José’s “Active EIRs” website at www.sanjoseca.gov/activeeirs and are also available at the following locations:
Department of Planning, Building,
and Code Enforcement
200 East Santa Clara St., 3rd Floor
San José, CA 95113
(408) 535-3555
Dr. MLK Jr. Main Library
150 E. San Fernando St.,
San José, CA 95112
(408) 277-4822
Cambrian Library
1780 Hillsdale Avenue,
San José, CA 95124
(408) 808-3080
The public review period for this Draft EIR will be 45 days, between July 19, 2024 and September 3, 2024. Written comments must be received at the Planning Department by 5:00 p.m. on September 3, 2024, in order to be addressed as part of the formal EIR review process.
Comments and questions should be referred to Bethelhem Telahun in the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement via e-mail at Bethelhem.Telahun@sanjoeseca.gov, or by regular mail at the following mailing address:
Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement
200 E. Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor
Attn: Bethelhem Telahun
San José, CA 95113
For the official record, please email or mail your written comment letter and reference File No. PDC22-132.
Following the close of the public review period, the Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement will prepare a Final Environmental Impact Report that will include responses to comments received during the review period. At least ten days prior to the public hearing on the EIR, the City's responses to comments received during the public review period will be available for review and will be sent to those who have commented in writing on the Draft EIR during the public review period.
